Infected Infect ɪnˈfekt Make Spread Verb Bre Person

• it is not possible to infect another person through kissing.
• people infected with hiv
• eggs infected with salmonella
• she infected the children with her enthusiasm for music.

infect

1. to make a disease or an illness spread to a person, an animal or a plant
• See related entries: Ailments and diseases
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/ailments_and_diseases/infect_2
• It is not possible to infect another person through kissing.
• people infected with HIV
2. to make a substance contain harmful bacteria that can spread disease
• synonym contaminate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/contaminate
• eggs infected with salmonella
3. to make a computer virus spread to another computer or program
• See related entries: Computer problems
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/computer_problems/infect_1
4. to make somebody share a particular feeling
• She infected the children with her enthusiasm for music.
• The whole room was soon infected by his laughter.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they infect
• he / she / it infects
• past simple infected
• past participle infected
• -ing form infecting

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin infect- ‘tainted’, from the verb inficere, from in- ‘into’ + facere ‘put, do’.